KARACHI - The government has decided to appoint advisers to federal minister for science and technology at all laboratories of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) in the country, including Karachi, to boost research and administrative activities. An adviser to Federal Ministry for Science and Technology, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, has assumed his duties at PCSIR Karachi office. The ministry intends to set the PCSIR on the way to progress because mismanagement and lack of funds have undermined research activities at the council, sources revealed to The Nation on Thursday. PCSIR Karachi Laboratory is considered as the most affected one due to the mismanagement and lack of funds, the source added. Each of the PCSIR laboratories in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad and Skardu will have one adviser to the minister to look after the administrative affairs of these organisations, he said, adding that Director General PCSIR Karachi Laboratory Dr Tanzeel Haider Usmani has ordered the management to arrange an office for the new ministerial adviser. The DG PCSIR Karachi will be bound officially to report the adviser on daily basis and the latter will supervise all matters related to the laboratory besides look after those of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) and Council for Works and Housing Research (CWHR). Under the umbrella of PCSIR all the institutions, including Fuel Research Centre, Leather Research Centre, Pak Swiss Training Centre, IIEE and Scientific Information Centre will also work under the supervision of the adviser.